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Show September 15, 2004 The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS < <A oe oe peroo — Nie ewspa ity ommun C. Your r ee al2 Ch. . oe EF . ‘ s : —— = > — PRSRT STD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 E eS « . pees) in POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 } HCR 843A0 i Weber County Announces Delay in North Ogden Divide Reopening Weber County has announced that completion of work on the North Ogden Divide has been delayed, which will extend the projected date of reopening to the end of October 2004. County staff recently explained that water seepage in an area on the North Ogden side of the Divide has created the need for installation of a drainage system to divert water away from the roadway, which will prevent future buckling of a section of the road affected by the groundwater. The additional labor and time associated with the new division were not part of the initial design and work plan. The unforeseen work project is delaying the reopening of the North Ogden access route. Local Leader State Senate Contender By Shanna Francis Ogden Photo courtesy of Jeannie Wendell/Ogden Valley News American flags wave proudly on the lawn of the LDS Stake Center in commemoration of September s Patriot Day. County Currently in the Process of Developing Ogden Valley Recreation Plan—Public workshops slated for September 29 & 30 Compiled by Shanna Francis Weber County, in partnership with Envision Utah, has hired the consulting firm Bio-West, Inc. to develop a recreation element for the Ogden Valley General Plan. The primary goal of the plan is to establish criteria and direction for general recreation planning in Ogden Valley, and to set guidelines and standards for recreation resort development in the Valley. Bio-West, in conjunction with a stakeholders committee consisting of local residents and state and county representatives, has been reviewing existing community goals, policies, recreation land use guidelines, zoning, and implementation tools, as well as other similar studies that have been completed, in order to generate ideas and guidelines for an implementation strategy for Valley resorts, general recreation, tourist activity, and expected growth in Ogden Valley. Planning Goals The county, in their request for proposals for development of a recreation plan element, states that the planning goals for the proposal are: a. To work with residents, property owners and planning commissions to determine a vision for expansion of existing and future development of recreation activi- ties, especially resort recreation, considering environmental conditions, development potential, limiting factors, community values, and impacts to existing residents. b. To use the vision statements to develop planning goals that express citizen values, the desired physical character, degree of development of resort and general recreation development, and to serve as guidelines in the development of the plan. c. To include in the study, policy statements that provide a single policy document that will provide a guide for future decision making regarding resort recreation and general recreational land use, traffic demands, and road capacity to supply critical services, open space, and environmental constraints (including critical wildlife habitat, watershed recharge areas, unstable soils and slopes, floodplains, fault lines), and visual quality. In the development of the plan, existing and potential resort recreation areas and activities appropriate and desirable in the Ogden Valley area are to be addressed, and also potential recreation activities appropriate and desirable in the area, including, but not limited to downhill/cross country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, tubing/sledding, walking, hiking, mountain biking, and cycling, horseback riding, ATV trails, hunting, fishing, boating, and camping (both tent and RV). The Ogden Valley area that is being planned for consists of 355 square miles (including 105 square miles that belong to the U.S. Forest Service) of agricultural and forest lands, which are low density, rural, residential land, including Pineview Reservoir; Powder Mountain, Snowbasin and Nordic Valley Ski areas; and Ogden Canyon and the Ogden River. Currently, residential development is primarily on the valley floor area, with some extension up into the mountain areas. Population in the area is estimated to be 5,228. The county states that growth in the 1990’s created impacts on culinary and secondary water, schools, and transportation networks, and spawned concerns over the use of septic systems, potential pollution of water supply, impacts on wetlands, river and stream corridors, wildlife, and community RECREATION Valley News Huntsville resident Jim Hasenyager is running as a candidate for State Senator in District 19, which covers Ogden Valley, North Ogden, and parts of Morgan and Summit Counties. | Hasenyager would replace North Ogden Senator David Gladwell who is not running for reelection. Jim has been a practicing attorney in Ogden since 1975 when he graduated from the Indiana/Purdue Law School. He has been residing in Huntsville with his wife Charlene for the past 26 years. Together they have two children—Matt, who is studying at HASENYAGER cont. on page 11 Former Valley Resident Faces 13 Felony Counts Former Nordic Valley resident Randy Whetton has accepted a plea bargain with prosecutors after being arrested more than 13 months ago on 31 counts of fraud after being accused of bilking resort owners, investors, and employees of millions of dollars in a ploy to purchase Nordic Valley ski resort from Nordic Valley Ski Associates. Whetton has been incarcerated since his arrest, unable to raise bail set at $250,000 cash. Accusations against Whetton include a bounced check for cont. on page 2 WHETTON cont. on page 3 Eden Resident Captures Weber County Fair Blue Ribbon Candidate Scott Matheson visits Ogden Valley 4 Ne ao Photo courtesy of Melva Richens of Eden. Melva Richens of Eden is pictured holding her scrapbook containing historical pictures and articles about Eden. She recently took home the first place blue ribbon for her community booth at the Weber County Fair held this year in August. Melva competed against 14 other entrants who were asked to create booths that depicted the history of their community and what it represented. Photo courtesy of Shanna Francis/Ogden Valley News On Saturday, September 11, Utah gubernatorial candidate Scott Matheson visited Ogden Valley, addressing issues and concerns and answering questions from Valley residents who gathered at the Eden Letters to the Editor... Announ cements costs General Store to visit with the democratic candidate. Matheson has served as a law professor and Dean Historical Article.... Page 9 of the University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law, and as U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah. Calendar of Events . . Page 14 Matheson is a graduate from Yale Law School and has been active in politics for many years. Classifieds ......... Page 2 Page 6 Page 15 Melva moved to Ogden Valley when she was nine years old and lived in the old Burnett home located below the Mountain View Cemetery. For the booth, Melva collected and displayed photos and articles, from both the past and the present, providing snapshots in time of Eden and the people who live there. |